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First identity cards are issued

Foreign nationals are now able to applying for UK identity cards.

Brits ready for biometrics to tackle ID fraud

UK consumers are the most open in Europe to the use of biometric technologies to verify their identities

Athena receives GSA approval

Athena receives GSA approval for its contact-contactless smart card

TSA approves Sagem Morpho readers for TWIC pilot

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has approved four biometric readers from Sagem Morpho for deployment in critical pilot tests of the Transportation Worker Identification Credential

Easydentic selects Hitachi finger vein for access control

Easydentic Group is to use Hitachi´s finger vein security solutions for physical door access system

HSBC bank uses facial recognition

HSBC is the first bank in the UK to use facial recognition technology to improve security at its data centres

Intellicheck Mobilisa TWIC reader approved

Intelli-Check - Mobilisa has announced that its IM2700 TWIC (Transportation Worker Identification Credential) Handheld Reader successfully completed the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Initial Capability Evaluation (ICE) scenarios demonstration.

BIO-key wins $700,000 in new police contracts

BIO-key International announces that its Law Enforcement group wins US$700,000 in orders

Credit Union uses fingerprint access

GEICO Federal Credit Union controlls physical access to various entrances with fingerprint biometrics

State Government of Lower Austria trusts in cashless payment

State Government of Lower Austria has upgraded to a unified ID system using smart cards

Lumidigm multispectral technology extended to whole hand

Lumidigm has applied its multispectral technology to the capture of multiple characteristics of the hand.

HID Global announces converged physical and logical access

HID Global has expanding its position within the access control space to include logical access control products

Texas reveals new multi-purpose chip

Texas Instruments (TI) has announced the availability of a new secure multi-purpose contactless chip

Employee thumbprint scanners ruled legal

A fingerprint scanning system installed at an Edmonton nightclub has been deemed as legal

Biometrics gives port a helping hand

UK’s largest container Port is now controlling access using smart card technology and biometric hand readers

Carphone Warehouse uses biometrics for staff

Carphone Warehouse has selected a biometric-based system from Kronos to manage the scheduling of 5,000 staff

Biometric ID cards with display for Germans at Olympics

Bundesdruckerei equips the German House in Beijing with a biometric ID card system

Smart card numbers to hit 7 billion in 2009

By end of 2009 research reveals there will be more than 7 billion smart cards

Sun Microsystems integrates Aware´s BioSP

Sun Microsystems has integrated Aware´s Biometric Services Platform (BioSP) with Sun identity management solutions

Ex-TSA security expert to deploy airport employee security system

Ex-TSA security expert Alvy Dodson joins Priva Technologies to deploy airport employee security system